4 Months and Growing

Does the title sound familiar? ;)  Well, here I am, in front of our ripe and overloaded apricot tree. So much so that the apricots keep falling and the bowl that I am holding is how much I fill in one day, not including all the little tasty fruit still waiting to fall. The birds are getting a nice share in the feast too.

I tried something new - I made jam and then water bath canned it and my jar lids popped! That's a good thing, by the way, since it means that they are properly sealed and can stay fresh on the shelf for a year! So, besides slightly burning the apricot jam, which only affected the color, not the flavor, I made 4 jars of jam and now feel comfortable making many more. It's nice to go through the effort of making the jam and not have to use up all of the jars in three weeks for the quick jam that you just refrigerate after making.

Josh and Nate collect the fallen apricots in their butterfly nets :)